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What about little or no will to do things?
Ferrante | Mar 27 2006
Hi everybody, I was wondering if someone has ever experienced this kind of "chronic fatigue" or simply put, lack of will or energy to do simple things. My current status: I work as a CIO for two countries in a big company. I have a strong technical background (more than 15 years) and now I have to deal with many different problems (specially company politics), aside of pure technical situations. My main problem, as I mentioned before, is the chronic lack of energy to do things apart from my job. I always wanted to learn french and german or to read more books (I used to read 4 or 5 books a month), but when I get home, I don?t want to do anything but rest. I?ve tried everything: meditation, medication, exercise (I do some workout regularly), 8-hour sleep cycles, balanced food, etc., but nothing seems to work, or at least, to have lasting effects. Lately, I?ve been experiencing concentration and lack of focus problems, which is bad for my job. It seems that the problem is starting to affect my work as well. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 30 Comments
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 I refuse to play company...Submitted by emory on March 27, 2006 - 11:35am.
I refuse to play company politics. But I am told by my best friend that this in and of itself is playing. Just in the way that is least likely to benefit me personally. Oh well! I don't have any strings on me and thats all I care about. I get fried sometimes and really it just becomes something more like apathy or general lack of motivation. I find its best to do really huge massive reviews of my projects and such when that happens, get myself back after viewing The Big Picture and seeing that all of my little projects work towards the Big Projects. Sometimes it is nice to help you get that big picture by taking a couple of days off, do nothing but relax and disconnect from the bberry, the email, and really just spend the time quietly thinking and brainstorming. If you're not motivated to do some things, figure out why that is. Maybe you're doing something the wrong way, and your subconcious mind is biting your ankle to let you know you're screwing something up. » POSTED IN:
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